Using Windy in Rails

Gemfile

# snip

gem 'windy' # https://github.com/Chicago/windy

# snip

ward.rb

# app/models/ward.rb
class Ward < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :name, :wardnumber

  def alderman
    find_ward.alderman.titleize
  end

  def alderman_phone
    find_ward.ward_phone[0]
  end

  private

  # htai-wnw4 is the ward info identifying URL fragment, e.g.:
  # http://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/htai-wnw4/rows.json

  def ward_info
    Windy.app_token = "APP-TOKEN-HERE"
    Windy.views.find_by_id('htai-wnw4').rows
  end

  def find_ward
    ward_info.find_by_ward(wardnumber.to_s)
  end

end